For Earth Week and the first anniversary of the death of Pope Francis, MEEC volunteers joined staff to break ground and plant a new Mary Garden with native plants around the statue of Our Lady of the Eucharist in front of the Bro. John Soehnel, SM Meditation Grove at Mount Saint John.

May 17 - 24 is Laudato Si Week, an annual celebration marking the anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si. This year’s theme is From Hope to Action.

MEEC is one of three Marianist Province projects working to enliven the Marianist Encounters goals, which combine the Laudato si Action Platform and the Global Compact on Education. Read all about it in the latest issue of Alive! magazine.